Message from the Chairman
Robert Cohen, MD
Chairman
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The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (formerly Cook County Hospital) has a rich tradition of providing high quality health care services to the residents of Chicago and Cook County. We also have a highly sought after training program for physicians who would like to become pulmonary and critical care specialists.
We have one of the most diverse groups of physicians and patients of any hospital in Chicago. Our faculty, trainees, and nurses are highly experienced in the management of an enormous variety of pulmonary and critical care illnesses. Our division brings together professionals from many disciplines to form a united team of physicians, nurses, and physiology technicians working to make our hospitalized and ambulatory population breathe easier for having met us.
We have several special areas of expertise that have been developed over the years. These include: assessment and care for obstructive airways diseases, lung cancer, Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis. Our hospital diagnoses more patients with tuberculosis than any other in Illinois, and our fellows, faculty and DOT team care for them with great success. Based on the accomplishments of our very busy multidisciplinary Asthma Center, our division was named one of five national Centers for Reducing Asthma Disparities by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in 2002.
We have an outstanding pulmonary physiology laboratory which offers the full range of resting, exercise and bronchoprovocation studies as well as a superb cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program. In recent years, we have developed a burgeoning clinical experience in sleep disordered breathing, and our faculty have published important observations of both the epidemiology and the pathophysiology of severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Our Medical Intensive Care Unit has been a leader in care for patients with advanced HIV disease, and our intensivists were among the pioneers of bedside percutaneous tracheotomy.
Our fellows end their three years with us having been exposed to a great number and variety of respiratory and critical illnesses of any fellows in the country, and having received close and experienced supervision as they develop into mature clinicians. The faculty, fellows, and staff of our division welcome you to our website-we hope you will find all the information you need to understand our mission better.
Sincerely,
Robert Cohen, MD
Division Chair
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
John Stroger Hospital
System Chair Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Cook County Health and Hospital System
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